There was an incident in 1980 where I was responsible for the loss of a friend's Schwinn Cruiser. He always said he was cool with it whenever the topic arose after it happened. We've kept in touch over the years and plan on catching up in person this Summer. I showed him some pics of what I've been up to and offered to build something cool for him, adding in "I owe you a bike, man." He thanked me and said yes when told of what I had in mind. The first step or two have been taken, but no work was done until today.
@Bike from the Dead provided the base bike in the form of a Schwinn Skipper when I was out roadtripping a while back and swung through Oklahoma. It was mentioned to him that this was going to be a payback build. Some parts were on hand, some ordered and delivered and others either on the way or pending a decision to order.
Work started with cleaning the rims up for inspection and preparation of powdercoat, USA Made 36h Weinmann 2121 26x1.75 and time was taken to get the ERD 553 for these.
@Bike from the Dead provided the base bike in the form of a Schwinn Skipper when I was out roadtripping a while back and swung through Oklahoma. It was mentioned to him that this was going to be a payback build. Some parts were on hand, some ordered and delivered and others either on the way or pending a decision to order.
Work started with cleaning the rims up for inspection and preparation of powdercoat, USA Made 36h Weinmann 2121 26x1.75 and time was taken to get the ERD 553 for these.
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